Pokemon goes online with Pokemon Trainer Challenge

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For as long as Pokemon has been available there has never been an online presence beyond promotional websites as far as I know. You could play the games on your handheld Nintendo devices, play the trading card games with friends, and watch the TV series or films on kid’s TV. But you could never play online, until now.

The Pokemon Company has introduced plans for a new take on the trading card game called Pokemon Trainer Challenge. It basically takes the Pokemon trading cards and makes them digital therefore allowing you to play against friends from your computer rather than in the social setting of a playground or weekend social gathering.

The new game is set to go live in April and will initially offer 3 preconstructed Pokemon trading card decks and 14 virtual players to challenge. So you don’t even need real people to play this game against.

The Pokemon Company and Nintendo aren’t ones to miss a profitable opportunity, though, so a set of physical trading cards is also being produced to support thia game and the latest DS games. These Pokemon Black and Pokemon White decks can be used to unlock an equivalent virtual deck in Trainer Challenge and will be available April 6. True Pokemon fans who have to catch’em all will no doubt buy the physical decks to get the most out of the virtual game.

Pokemon Trainer Challenge will be available to play in April at the PokemonCG.com website. At which point you will be able to design your own avatar selecting from shirts, trousers, hats, and jackers, as well as gender and facial features/colors.